FUNDING FOR infrastructure and equipment worth P630 million has been allocated by the congressional office of the city’s first district for the Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) to increase the capacity of the state-run institution that caters to patients from different parts of the Zamboanga Peninsula Region. “This will be the biggest budget ever to be placed in Zamboanga City Medical Center,” Zamboanga City 1st District Representative Celso L. Lobregat, said. Among the projects and equipment lined up within the 3.75-hectare compound of the ZCMC are the brain center, trauma center, development of reproductive health specialty center, and burn treatment specialty center. — Albert F. Arcilla

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